Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
David therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night upon the earth.
Lay all night
Bible References
Fasted
Esther 4:16
"Go and gather all the Jewish people who are in Susa and fast for me. Don't eat or drink for three days, night or day. Both I and my young women will also fast in the same way, and then I'll go in to the king, even though it's against the law. And if I perish, I perish."
Psalm 69:10
I weep and fast, and I am mocked for it.
Isaiah 22:12
On that day the Lord GOD of the Heavenly Armies called for weeping and mourning, for shaving heads and wearing sackcloth.
Acts 9:9
For three days he couldn't see, and he didn't eat or drink anything.
Lay all night
2 Samuel 13:31
David arose, ripped his clothes in anguish, and collapsed to the ground while all of his staff stood by with their own clothes torn.
Job 20:12
Though evil tastes sweet in his mouth, though he conceals it under his tongue,